Camp cooking device



H M BRIGGS CAMP COOKING DEVICE Fi led March 24, 1925 I INVENTOR' M.qfir-L'yys WITNESSES W 14;. ATTORNEYS I Patented Aug. 3, 1925.

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HARRY MILTON BRIGGS,OF HOULTON, MAINE.

CAMP COOKING DEVICE.

Application filed March 24, 1925.

This invention relates to a camp cooking device or outdoor grid and armsto provide a device of this character which is of simple, comparativelyinexpensive and durable con struction, which possess portability to ahigh degree in that it is of light weight and capable when taken down ofcompact storage, which may be easily set up or taken down and which whenset up provides a firm and rigid support for cooking vessels, utensilsand the like of such a character as to facilitate effective cooking overan ordinary camp fire.

Other objects and advantages reside in certain novel features of theconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts which will behereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsforming a part of this specification, and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of theinvention set up and ready for use,

Figure 2 is a sectional view showing the construction of the head of thesupporting stake and the attaching elements of the grid, and r V IFigure 3 is a detail perspective view of the parts shown in Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a supporting memberor stake having its lower end sharpened so that it may be readily driveninto the ground.

The upper end of the stake is reduced as at 2 and there is a shoulder 3presented at the juncture of the reduced portion and the main portion.

A head 4, which may have the form of a rectangular block, is providedand has a central opening in which the reduced upper end 3 is fitted.The reduced upper end 3 is long enough to project above the block and onthe projecting portion of the end 3 a cap 5 is fitted and pinned orotherwise secured. In this way the head a is rotatably supported on thestake.

At each end the head 4 has formed there-- in a horizontally disposedslot 6 which extends from a point adjacent to but spaced from the centerof the head out through one end thereof and which also opens throughSerial No. 17,990.

the top of the block though extending only part way down through thehead. A vertical slot 7 extends from the bottom of the inner end of eachslot 6 down through the head t.

A. pair of cooking vessel or utensil supporting devices are provided andpreferably comprise grids which may be made up of side bars 8 and crossbars 9 connected to the side bars 8.

An angular attaching lug 10 is provided for each grid or supportingdevice. Each attaching lug 10 may be conveniently formed integral withone of the cross bars 9 of the grid on which it is provided. Each lug 10includes a horizontal portion 11 adapted to snugly fit in a horizontalslot 6 of the head 4; and a vertical portion 12 adapted to snugly fit ina vertical slot 7 of the head. The lugsand slots when interengagedrigidly and firmly connect the grids to the head and yet the parts maybe readily set up or taken down. When set up the grids are rotatable andthe head is rotatable on the stake and this has the advantage of varyingthe position of the grid relative to the fire. hen disassembled thethree parts may be compactly stored and easily transported. thoroughlypractical and convenient camping accessory.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a supporting stake having amain portion and having its lower end sharpened and its upper endreduced, there being a shoulder at the juncture of the reduced upper endand the main portion, a head having an opening receiving the reduced endand engaged with the shoulder whereby the head is rotatably supported onthe stake, a cap fixed to the reduced end to maintain the head thereonand to provide an impact surface, a pair of grids, and readilyreleasable means for con- 7 necting the grids to the head.

2. A camp cooking device comprising a supporting stake, a head thereon,said head having a horizontal slot and a vertical slot, a grid separablefrom the supporting stake and its head and made up of positivelyconnected rigid side and end bars, and anattaching lug fixedly securedto the gridand In general the device provides a having a horizontalportion adapted to larly disposed intersecting slots, and a rigid snuglythough removably fit the horizontal grid separable from the supportingelement slot and a vertical portion adapted to snugly and its part andhaving a lug of angular 10 though removably fit the vertical slot. formdesigned to be snugly though remov- 3. A oampcooking device comprising aablyI'fi-ttedin said'slots. supporting element a part mounted on thesupporting element and provided with angu- HARRY MILTON BRIGGS.

